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Why i dont get spammers in my forum
Mick.:
I wouldn't use anything mathematical. For other languages quite frankly im not sure how to answer that.
Arantor:
Definitely nothing mathematical.
As a simple rule, try typing your question into Google and seeing what answer you get back. If you get your answer as a direct answer or in the first few results, think of another question.
kimcarter14:
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--- Quote from: doublecoin on July 22, 2011, 09:30:17 PM ---We were getting 100+ spammers trying to register every day. When we upgraded to 2.0 I added a simple security question to the registration process and they STOPPED immediately. I even logged off with my user name reregistered a new account username and it works perfect...
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You can even leave the answer in your registration page. Bots cant read, they do recognize certain words that have been programmed to them.
When registering to my forum, i ask the question followed by the answer. That way folks know what to input without hassles.
Ive been bot free for 3 years.
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Bot usually don't recognize those kind of stuff and they only depend on the programs that makes them run. Simple as that. It is guaranteed that only pure humans can register in the forum with that security measures.
AstronomyEnthusiasts:
Thank you, this helped me a lot too.
--- Quote from: MC73 on May 13, 2011, 04:54:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: bucharest on May 13, 2011, 04:28:12 PM ---How do i apply the security question?
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Administration Center »
Security and Moderation »
Anti-Spam
Then scroll to the bottom to insert your Q and A
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HappyGecko:
Cool trick.
The only forum I have run into that asks a topic related security question is http://www.ApplianceJunk.com [nofollow], and if I remember right, it only asked the question once I was bumped up to a higher "expert" rank.
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